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ambi5/15/2011 8:00:49 am PDT

re: #188 Obdicut

The interview with Geller makes me very sad. It’s pretty clear that she loves the attention, and that that’s a prime motivator. In addition, I’d kind of forgotten the title of her blog; it’s really bizarre that she likes Rand so much, given Rand’s intense anti-religious attitude. Why is someone who’s main focus is anti-Islam in all forms a fan of Ayn Rand? Does she think Rand was only against fanatical religion, or something?

You point out an interesting contradiction. Rand, as I recall, was so libertarian that any seemingly coercive social stigma or force was repulsive. Not so hard to follow on that she was not a real fan of religion.

My only guess with regards to Frau Geller is that since she is libertarian up to the point of forsaking the religion she belongs to, she feel 98% in concert Frau Rand. Plausible, sir?